신문

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 新聞, from 新 (“new”) + 聞 (“to hear”), from an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 新聞 (shinbun).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɕʰinmun]

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• Phonetic hangul: [신문]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	sinmun
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	sinmun
McCune–Reischauer?	sinmun
Yale Romanization?	sinmun

Noun

신문 • (sinmun) (hanja 新聞)

1. newspaper

   신문 가판대 ― sinmun gapandae ― news stand

   신문에 흥미로운 기사가 났다.

   Sinmun-e heungmiroun gisa-ga natda.

   In the newspaper, an interesting article appeared.

Derived terms

• 신문용지 (新聞用紙, sinmunyongji, “newsprint”)